Seán Cavanagh played his last game for Tyrone in the All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin

“Since 2013, losing to Monaghan in the first round of the league, we have worked on our offensive approach.

“That has taken us a certain way in Ulster and almost in the All-Ireland series. In Stephen O’Neill, there’s probably no better instinctive forward I’ve ever played with, even more than Peter Canavan, though Canavan was probably a better player than all of us.

“But Stevie had that instinctive forward movement that is hard to coach.

“If Stevie can pass that on to the Ronan O’Neills, the Mark Bradleys, Tyrone will be a hard team to live with. There’s lots of players that have vision, creativity, scoring potential, that maybe haven’t been getting the minutes.

“Most of us acknowledge that the ­forward unit has to click, that there must be a more ­forward approach.

“If Stevie can help a few players, teach them about diagonal running, it could really help.”

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